Elevator car



Feb. 1 1927.

F. E. VAN DOORN ET AL ELEVATOR CAR Filed March 1Q, 192e Lit) PatentedFeb. 1, 1927.

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FRANK E. VAN DOORN AND ELIVIER W. FELD, OE' QUINCY, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNORSTO THE VAN DOORN COMPANY, OF QUINCY, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OFILLINOIS.

ELEVATOR OAR.

Application filed March 1S, 1926.

This invention relates to improvements in elevator car construction andparticularly to the post and panel construction in such cars.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a post constructionwhich will permit the side panels of the car to be attached thereto andthe joint formed by the post and panel rendered light proof.

A further object is to simplify the post construction so that the samemay be produced at less cost, the simplicity of construction alsogreatly facilitating the assembly of the posts and panels during theconstruction of the car.

Another object is to provide center and corner posts for elevator carsof a construction which will allow the-panels to be directly attached tothe posts, thereby eliminating the use of what, in the industry, areknown as panel frames or panel framing.

`With these and other objects in view the present invention consists incertain novel details of construction and combinations and arrangementsof parts, all as will be herein# after more fully described and thenovel features thereof particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings,-

Figure 1 is an elevational View of the exterior face of a portion of therear side of an elevator ear embodying the present im provements. I

Fig. 2 is a similar View of the interior face of the rear side, theadjacentsides of the car being shown in section,

In the corner post construction illustrated in the present instance saidpost is composed of two members which extend vertically of the car, oneof said members having a pair of arms 10, 11. This member is preferablyof T-shaped cross-section being made up of metal bent upon itself toform the two arms as well as the stem 12 of the T which projectsoutwardly from the exterior of the car. It will be observed that arm 1()is arranged parallel to the inner face of the side panel 13 and saidpanel is secured drectly to the exterior face of said arm preferably bywelding so that the inner face of said arm will be unbroken or unmarredby the protruding heads of any rivets or the like.

The corner post also embodies an L-shaped member preferably made up bybending the metal upon itself so as to lend rigidity there- Serial No.95,998.

to andv one arm 14 of said L-shaped member lies flat against and issecured to the arm 11 of the first member by any suitable fasteningmeans shown in the pres-ent instance as consisting of the nut and bolt15. The other arm 16 of the second member extends at right' angles toarm 11 and parallel to the face of the side panel 1'?, said side panelbeing attached directly to the exterior face of arm 16, the same aspanel 13 is attached to the arm 10. llVith this construction, whereinthe arms 10, 16 of the composite post extend parallel to the corner edgeportions of the panels, the use of panel fram ing is unnecessary.Further, the two upright members comprising the composite post may beproduc-ed at a comparatively low cost, and when connected together forma very rigid, substantial corner member for the car body. j

In order toprevent the admission of light into the interior of the carthrough the joint between arms 11 and 14 of the two members, one of saidmembers is formed with a flange extending transversely of said joint.Preferably, this flange, indicated at 18, is formed at the exterior endofyarm 14 of the L- shaped member.

In the case of the center posts for the car body the L-shaped member ofthe corner post is omitted and the panels 13, 19 are secured, as bywelding, directly to the exterior plane surfaces of the two arms 10a.11, of the upright which is of T-shapcd cross-section as in the case ofthe corner post. The metal being bent upon itself prevents the admissionof light through the joint formed by the two layers constituting thestem 12u of the T-shaped center post,

and the extent of overlap between the arms 10a, 11a and panels 13, 19 issuch that no light will be admitted through these joints. The centerpost being a duplicate of one of the members used in the corner postfurther reduces the cost of producing the two forms of post because themachinery or apparatus necessary for forming up the center post isidentically the same machinery as is used in the production of one ofthe two members constituting the corner post.

It will be noted that in each instance the side panels are attached tothe exterior surfaces of the arms of the posts. With this arrangementthe arms form osets on the interior of the car so that they have more orless of an ornamental effect. In addition, the appearance of theinterior of the car is much more pleasing by reason of the turned overedges of the arms than would be the case if the plane edges of the sidepanels, or of panel framing if the same were used, where exposed to theview of persons occupying the car.

'What we claim is:

l. In an elevator car, the combination with adjacent side panels, of avertically disposed post to which said panels are connected, said posthaving diverging arms located within the car and extending parallel tothe inner faces of the side panels, said side panels bew ing directlyattached to the exterior faces of said arms.

2. In an elevator car, the combination with adjacent side panels, of avertically disposed post to which said panels are connected, said postbeing provided with arms having plane 'faces arranged in parallelism tothe edge portions of the inner faces of the panels, and said edgeportions of the panels being directly attached to the exterior faces ofsaid post arms, whereby the vertical edges of the post arms will beexposed on the interior of the car.

3. In an elevator car, the combination with the side panels thereof, ofa corner post to which said side panels are attached, said corner postcomprising a T-shaped member having a plurality of arms, and an L-shapedmember having a plurality of arms, securing means extending through onearm of each of said members, and the other arm of each of said membershaving a side panel directly attached thereto.

4. In an elevator car, the combination with the side panels thereof, ofa corner post to which said side panels are 4att-ached, said corner postcomprising an upright member of T-shaped cross-section, and a secondupright member of L-shaped cross-section, one arm of the L-shaped memberlying flat against one arm of the Tshaped member, securing means passingthrough said engaging arms of the two members, and the other two Y armsof said members forming the corner of the car body.v

5. In an elevator car, the combination with the side panels thereof, ofa corner post to which said side panels are attached, said corner postcomprising an upright member of T-shaped cross-section, a second uprightmember of L-shaped cross-section, one arm of the L-shaped member lyingflat against one arm of the 'IT-shaped member, 'securing means passingthrough said engaging arms of the two members, and the other two arms ofsaid members forming the corner of the car body, and' means carried byone of the engaging arms of said members for obstruct ing the passage oflight through the joint formed by said two engaging arms.

6. In an elevator car, the combination with the side panels thereof, ofa corner post to which said side panels are attached, said corner postcomprising an upright member of T-shaped cross-section, a second uprightmember of L-shaped cross-section, one arm of the L-shaped member lyingfiat against one arm of the T-shaped member, securing means passingthrough said engaging arms of the two members, and the other two arms ofsaid members forming the corner of the car body, and a iiange formed onthe l.- shaped member extending transversely of the joint between thearms of the two members whereby the passage of light through the jointbetween said joint is prevented.

7. In an elevator car, the combination with the side panels thereof, ofa corner post, said corner post comprising an uprightmember having apair of arms, one of said arms having one panel attached thereto and asecond upright member attached to the other arm of the first member, theother panel being supported by the second upright member of said post.

8. In an elevator car, the combination with the side panels thereof, ofa corner post, said corner postcomprising an upright T-shaped member toone arm of which one side panel is attached, and a second upright memberhaving a pair of arms, one of which is connected to the other arm ofsaid T-shaped member and the other arm of which has the other side panelattached thereto, and a flange formed on one of the two connected arms,said flange extending transversely of the joint formed by the connectedarms of the two members whereby the admission of light through saidjoint is prevented.

FRANK E, VAN DOORN. ELMER IV. FELD.

